The Portland Bureau of Transportation advises the traveling public that SW Tichner Drive will remain closed until further notice, between West Burnside and SW Kingston Avenue, due to continued risk from a landslide.
It is crucial for the public to avoid the area, which remains at risk of another slide at any time. Do not go past any barricades.
On Saturday, March 29, hundreds of cubic yards of rocky material broke free from a steep, 100-foot tall rock face. The dislodged rock mass landed primarily in a PBOT sand storage lot below, but some rocks the size of bowling balls spilled onto SW Tichner Drive.
A similar mass adjacent to that one is poised to fall, this time directly onto the roadway. It could fall at any time—without prior warning.
We ask the public to avoid the area and expect delays if traveling in the vicinity near Washington Park. Follow the signed detour route via SW Vista Avenue and SW Park Place through Washington Park.
Use caution and travel slowly on the detour route, which may have more traffic than normal.
Source: Portland Bureau of Transportation
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